technology shares lent support to the taiwan market. mainland china bourses remain closed for the whole week and we'll check in with the hong kong and indian markets when they resume trading tomorrow. back to you. >> thanks very much for that. so that's where we stand right now ahead of the u.s. trading day. october known as a jinx month for u.s. markets because of historic crashes in 1929 and 1987, but how october goes doesn't always translate into a negative for the entire fourth quarter. since 1980, the fourth quarter has traditionally been the best quarter of the year for both the dow, s&p 500 as well as the nasdaq. joining us is partner at bell curve. morning, bill. good to see you. the thing is, we've had a pretty good third quarter, pretty good year, so how does that set us up from a technical point of view? >> well, i think there are two strats that we're looking at. short term over the next month before the election, i think the market's in a holding pattern. i'd call it 1400 to 1500 in the s&p 500. i think with the open end qu